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Liverpool move closer to £60m Anfield Road expansion that would take capacity to 61,000


The proposed changes would take Anfield’s capacity to 61,000

Liverpool have entered the second-stage public consultation for the expansion of Anfield and are confident that the £60m work will be complete by 2022.

The club have released a number of images of the proposed new Anfield Road stand, which will add 5,200 general admission seats and 1,800 in hospitality.

The proposals would take the capacity of Anfield to just over 61,000, from it’s current 54,074, and make it the third largest stadium in the Premier League, behind Manchester United and Tottenham.

The second-stage consultation is for local residents, businesses, fans or any relevant stakeholders to give feedback on the plans before they move forward.

800 responses were given in the first-stage consultation, and responses to the latest proposals can be given here.

Only Old Trafford and the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium would be larger than the new-look Anfield

There are also drop-in events at Anfield to learn more about the plans and give feedback on 12, 13 and 24 February.

Andy Hughes, the club’s chief operating officer, said: ‘The feedback of our local residents has been essential to the planning process of this proposed expansion.

‘We have been very clear from the start that we will only proceed with this project if we have their co-operation, we have a financial model which offers economic stability and we can navigate the complex planning landscape.

‘These updated plans reflect that we have listened and we thank all of those people who took the time to share their views with us in the initial stage of this process and look forward to more thoughts on the updates we have made.’

Matchday revenues would be significantly increased by the added 7,000 seats

The redevelopment plans include keeping the stand open throughout, so there should be no matchday revenue losses during the next two seasons before it is completed.

It is a similar plan to the one which saw the Main Stand redeveloped, which was completed in 2016.

‘It was very complicated for the Main Stand,’ said Hughes. ‘We built around the back and over the top and kept match days running pretty much as they were and we are pretty confident we can follow the same process for the Anfield Road expansion,”

‘We are looking at minimal seat loss on matchdays, hopefully virtually nothing.’

The second-stage consultation is underway

The second-stage consultation ends on 28 February.

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